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🧑‍🏫Transforming the way we teach technology to children one micro:bit at a time. 👉Follow for chat about transforming the way we teach technology. #microbit

London, England
Joined August 2016
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We’ll no longer be actively posting on X. You can find our latest updates, resources and announcements here: 👉 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/micro-b… 👉 Instagram: instagram.com/microbit_edu/ 👉 Facebook: facebook.com/microbitfoundat… This account remains visible for reference.
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Deadline Feb 1st!
🎉 Applications for our 2026 micro:bit Champion cohort are now OPEN! Join our global community of educators helping more young people gain digital skills. ⚠️ Regional caps apply - so apply early! 👇 Keep reading for how to apply. #microbit #microbitCHAMPION #STEMeducation
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A fantastic series to help learners take their first steps with physical computing, mechatronics and micro:bit 💚 #microbit #STEMed #Edtech
New 12-part video tutorial helps students get started w/ micro:bit and take first steps toward physical computing & #mechatronics projects. sbgo.org/microbittutorial26-… Thank you ON Semiconductor Foundation, an @onsemi Giving Now program, for supporting #STEM education.
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📣 We’re hiring! We’re looking for an experienced Product Compliance & Manufacturing Manager to help lead product compliance, quality and manufacturing oversight across our global products. 🕒 Part-time (0.6 FTE / 3 days a week) 🌍 Remote, with some UK & international travel 💚 Purpose-driven work with global impact 👇 Link to apply in the replies 👥 Or repost to help us spread the word #Hiring #ProductCompliance #Manufacturing
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🔗 Here’s the link to apply or share with someone who should apply: mbit.io/sm-job-compliance Applications close 28 Feb (rolling interviews).
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🎤 Speakers announced for micro:bit LIVE 2026! As we celebrate 10 years of the micro:bit, micro:bit LIVE brings together leading voices from education, research and industry to reflect on the last decade - and what comes next. 🤝 Generously supported by @NordicTweets 👀 Speakers ⤵️ #microbitLIVE #EdTech
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🎙️ Speakers announced: • Mitchel Resnick: Professor of Learning Research, MIT Media Lab • Professor Sue Sentance: Research Professor, University of Cambridge
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🎓 International Day of Education is a reminder that learning to code is about creativity ✨ and learning from mistakes 🐞. These classroom posters help students do both with the micro:bit Python Editor 👇 #InternationalDayOfEducation #microbit
🎓 Ahead of International Day of Education... Creativity ✨ and debugging 🐞 are at the heart of learning to code. These two classroom posters show students how the micro:bit Python Editor supports both - in a way that’s visual, practical, and classroom-ready 🙌 #InternationalDayOfEducation #ComputingEducation #microbit
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🎓 Ahead of International Day of Education... Creativity ✨ and debugging 🐞 are at the heart of learning to code. These two classroom posters show students how the micro:bit Python Editor supports both - in a way that’s visual, practical, and classroom-ready 🙌 #InternationalDayOfEducation #ComputingEducation #microbit
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📊 When teaching Python, what do your students need most support with?
0%🟢 Developing creative id
0%🟣 Debugging their code
100%🟡 Both equally
0%🔵 Getting started python
2 votes • Final results
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🎓 Ahead of International Day of Education... Creativity ✨ and debugging 🐞 are at the heart of learning to code. These two classroom posters show students how the micro:bit Python Editor supports both - in a way that’s visual, practical, and classroom-ready 🙌 #InternationalDayOfEducation #ComputingEducation #microbit
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📣 We’re hiring! Head of Marketing (12-month maternity cover) Lead global marketing, campaigns and brand at the Micro:bit Educational Foundation - helping broaden participation in digital creativity and coding worldwide. 👉 Apply now or tag someone who should apply 🔗 mbit.io/sm-marketing-hire #Hiring #MarketingJobs #EdTech
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🌍 Out and about with the micro:bit team (and friends!) From classrooms to conferences, we’ve been learning alongside educators, students & partners - supporting inclusive, hands-on learning with micro:bit across the globe 👇
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🟢 Corey Rogers spent time with the LEGOnaut team at Camanche Middle School, alongside Aaron Maurer, supporting a NASA Artemis–connected design challenge using micro:bit, LEGO SPIKE Prime & Hummingbird Robotics kits. #LearningByMaking #STEMEducation
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We’re delighted to welcome Tom Doust as our new Chief Learning Officer 💚 With 25 years’ experience across education, digital and social sectors - and eight years working with the micro:bit - Tom joins our senior leadership team at a pivotal moment. Please join us in welcoming him 👋
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Tom has worked across the non-profit sector, with local and national government, and in partnership with global institutions including The @LEGOfoundation 🌍 A long-standing champion of creativity, inclusion and innovation in learning, he is also a @designcouncil Expert and a Fellow of the @theRSAorg 🎓
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🧲Teaching science with the micro:bit? Discover how one device can support real science investigations: from measuring and data logging to practical classroom experiments 👇 #microbit #EdTech #STEMeducation
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How do science investigations usually look in your classroom?
0%🖐️ Practical science
50%🧲 Some experiments
50%✍️ Mostly theory
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👀 Check out this fantastic opportunity from @kapowprimary 👇 #microbit #PrimaryTeachers
#Primaryteachers 👋 We’re collaborating with @microbit_edu to support confident coding in the classroom. 🎁 FREE Y5 programming lesson 🎥 FREE code-along webinar 🗓 28 Jan | 4pm 👉 Find the lesson here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0qNF-m0
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💡Have micro:bits in school but not sure where to start? This free, beginner-friendly session walks you through the basics, from turning a micro:bit on, to running your first lesson with pupils. No coding experience needed 👇 #microbit #edtech #CSforAll
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📊Which describes you best right now?
22%🟡Have micro:bits, unsure
22%🔵 Tried once or twice
11%🟣 Know a beginner
44%🟠 Teaching micro:bit
9 votes • Final results
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📣 TEACHERS! 4 ways to boost computing across the curriculum with micro:bit 👇 From classroom-ready lessons to sustainability projects and science investigations - here are some practical resources from our partners 🧵⬇️ #microbit #PrimaryEducation #ComputingEducation
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🟢 Classroom-ready computing + live support from @kapowprimary Free micro:bit lesson (temperature sensor): kapowprimary.com/subjects/co… Live code-along with Kapow & micro:bit (28 Jan, 4pm): kapowprimary-4.wistia.com/li…
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Teaching with the micro:bit in 2026? We’ve pulled together practical support to help educators build confidence with computing - without adding to your to-do list. 👇 #microbit #ComputingEducation
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👀vInside the guide you’ll find: • Short, self-paced professional development courses • Practical webinars (live & recorded) • Ready-made units of work and lesson plans All free. All classroom-ready.
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💚As 2025 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on what educators and students achieved with micro:bit. From confident teaching to hands-on learning in real classrooms, this year showed just how powerful inclusive computing education can be 🧵👇 #ComputingEducation #microbit
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📍 Reaching classrooms worldwide in 2025 3.7 million active users 75 million blocks coded every month 120+ partner organisations globally
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A moment of festive fun from the Micro:bit Educational Foundation team 💚 Because play belongs everywhere - even team meet-ups! #microbit #ComputingEducation
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🎮 What’s the micro:bit game?
0%Teleporting duck 🦆
0%Magic 8 ball 🎱
100%Rock 🪨 Paper 📄 Scissrs✂
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💚micro:bit Live: building community through creative computing From Virginia to California, educators came together at micro:bit Live to explore creative ways to bring computing to life with the micro:bit - connecting, learning, and building confidence along the way. Two events. One growing community 💚
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Across two separate micro:bit Live events, teachers, partners and innovators got hands-on, shared practical ideas, and connected with a wider computer science community — many for the very first time. ✨ 180 educators ✨ 21 US states + Canada ✨ 95% plan to teach with micro:bit more often
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🐦 For the first time, BBC micro:bits are part of the RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch. This simple micro:bit activity supports wellbeing and coding, using the @BBC_Teach micro:bit class sets provided through the Next Gen project 🙌. #BigSchoolsBirdwatch #TeachComputing #PrimaryEducation @Natures_Voice
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🇬🇧 UK primary teachers: Sign up for Big Schools’ Birdwatch to access free resources 👇 mbit.io/sm-RSPB-emotion-badg…
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